Usenet - Was i just lucky before ?

I'm currently getting approx 60Kbps, ie one-third of my usual usenet speed from a remote news server. Before I waste time and look foolish by complaining to them, could PlusNet please confirm whether any shaping is happening on usenet at the moment - and reconfirm usenet shaping policy which only this week has been declared a shaping -free zone by bbrown.

Usenet - Was i just lucky before ?

My news provider has confirmed that they are not throttling my connection. I'm now awaiting a definitive response to my ticket asking for official confirmation that PlusNet aren't throttling me either.

Usenet - Was i just lucky before ?

I I use Newsleecher and regularly get 230Kbytes/sec, but this is during the time of 7am onwards, and don't normally download much at all during the evening - just the day, and after midnight for anything big. What times are you downloading from usenet?

Usenet - Was i just lucky before ?

Same here overnight my connection speeded to nearly full connection speed and dropped down during 'peak' time as advertised which I was happy with. Since the recent 'network improvements'? the speed is capped to a constant 10kb day or night. By the time my download was running at this speed the rentention had run out and the download failed.

If I upgrade to a premier account will I get full speed or will it be running at 60kb as some previous posters have suggested

Usenet - Was i just lucky before ?

Just thought I would ask if anyone else is having the same shockingly poor performance as I am at the moment.

I started off getting somthing like normal service BUT

Currently from my giganews on my Premier account I am getting something like 20-30k/s at this time of day (8.30)! I understand the concept of contention but what exacltly is the point in paying extra for a premier account where during peak times I am BELOW a 512k level of service!